A funny thing happened while a guy was having a heart attack

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The thread discusses a series of anecdotes related to people walking past others in distress, including a heart attack and humorous misunderstandings. The scope includes personal experiences, humor, and reflections on serious health issues.

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant recounts witnessing a truck driver who was having a heart attack but did not realize it at the time, suggesting that chewing aspirin might have been helpful.
  • Another participant shares a humorous but exaggerated story about walking past someone being mauled by a polar bear, prompting skepticism about its plausibility.
  • Several participants share their own experiences of not noticing significant things, such as a plane at a museum or a heart attack, leading to reflections on awareness and perception.
  • One participant discusses a family member's serious health incident, highlighting the unpredictability of heart attacks and the importance of recognizing symptoms.
  • There is a humorous exchange regarding the interpretation of the term "funny," with some participants clarifying that they meant "odd" rather than humorous in a traditional sense.

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Participants express differing views on the appropriateness of humor in the context of serious health issues, with some finding the anecdotes funny and others feeling they are inappropriate. The discussion remains unresolved regarding the interpretation of humor and the seriousness of the situations described.

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Some participants express confusion about the intent of the thread and the nature of the jokes, indicating a lack of clarity in communication. There are also references to personal experiences that may not be universally relatable.

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Readers interested in personal anecdotes related to health awareness, humor in serious contexts, or discussions about perception and awareness may find this thread engaging.

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I walked right past him but didn't realize what was happening. I saw this truck driver parked in an odd place. Apparently he was talking on the cell phone which made me think he was lost, but I took note because he stared at me in a very odd manner as I walked by. I noticed that something was odd, but I had no idea that he was in trouble. As it turned out, he was having a heart attack right then and there. I heard about it the next day.

Luckily it seems that he will be okay. For what it's worth, most likely the thing to do would have been to have him chew an aspirin.
 
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That's not funny...
 
One time I walked right past a guy who was getting mauled by a polar bear. He stared at me as I walked past, with a really weird expression on his face.

- Warren
 
there's no polar bears in the bay area...
 
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Gokul43201 said:
Yesterday, at the museum, I walked right past this plane - thrice - without noticing it! And I was loooking for it, all the time! Weird!

That's why they call it a stealth bomber...
 
Pengwuino said:
That's why they call it a stealth bomber...
:smile: :smile: :smile: :smile: :biggrin:
 
Are my jokes so bad, they need explaining? :frown:
 
Gokul43201 said:
Are my jokes so bad, they need explaining? :frown:


I laughed...


...After I read Pengwuino's post.
 
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This thread reeks of fish
 
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Pengwuino said:
This thread reeks of fish

No wonder you keep coming back.
 
  • #12
Gokul43201 said:
Are my jokes so bad, they need explaining? :frown:
:smile: :smile: :smile: :smile: :biggrin:
 
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Gokul43201 said:
Are my jokes so bad, they need explaining? :frown:
Stealthy joke. :biggrin: :smile: :smile: :smile: :smile:
 
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Next time, I'll be liberal with the smilies. Here, will this work ?

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:wink: ... :wink:.:wink:... :wink: [/color]Oh, wait...:biggrin:
 
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Gokul43201 said:
Next time, I'll be liberal with the smilies. Here, will this work ?

... ... :wink:
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:wink: ... :wink:.:wink:... :wink: [/color]


Oh, wait...:biggrin:
:smile: Yeah, I needed explanation on that one, but then I'm pretty fried today, possibly literally...spent the day roasting while running an experiment in a building with the A/C malfunctioning...the repair guy was working on it, but I'm not sure if it was a good or bad sign when heat would come blasting out of the vents...I figure they'll get the A/C working just in time for winter. :rolleyes: Well, at least it was still cooler than it was outside.
 
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Yah its like a million degrees here sa well... its so hot my LCD monitor is failing...

And if any of you have any humanity left inside of you, please go here https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=126408 and put me out of my misery.

Hey put that gun down ivan, you know what i meant.
 
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Ivan Seeking said:
I walked right past him but didn't realize what was happening. I saw this truck driver parked in an odd place. Apparently he was talking on the cell phone which made me think he was lost, but I took note because he stared at me in a very odd manner as I walked by. I noticed that something was odd, but I had no idea that he was in trouble. As it turned out, he was having a heart attack right then and there. I heard about it the next day.

Luckily it seems that he will be okay. For what it's worth, most likely the thing to do would have been to have him chew an aspirin.

Not so happy ending here. Last Wedensday night one of my coworkers died of perhaps a heart attack... Yes, while at work!
 
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Integral said:
Not so happy ending here. Last Wedensday night one of my coworkers died of perhaps a heart attack... Yes, while at work!

Did you know him or her well?

As for the rest, the children can go to bed now. :rolleyes:
 
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Wow, that's shocking.

I wouldn't have known either. Let's hope he's doing better now.
 
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chroot said:
One time I walked right past a guy who was getting mauled by a polar bear. He stared at me as I walked past, with a really weird expression on his face.

- Warren

Did you have him chew an aspirin?
 
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I still don't get the point of this thread. Was it a bad joke?
 
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Don't fault yourself for not noticing, Ivan. It's not always apparent even to the victim. Just a while back, my sister had a major heart attack (yes, this was about a month after our brother died). She just thought that she had indigestion or something. After a couple of days, she went to the doctor, who immediately fired her into the hospital for an angioplasty. During that procedure, she had a stroke. That was accompanied by tachydardia, so they gave her a drug to slow down her heart. Unfortunately, it slowed it down completely. They got it going again, and it immediately went tachycardic again. So now she has a pacemaker to keep the damned thing going when they give her the drugs to slow it down. :rolleyes:
Anyhow, she's okay. Can't use her arm for a month or so, but that's because of the pacemaker wiring, not the stroke. No brain damage other than that which we were all born with. :biggrin:
 
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Pengwuino said:
I still don't get the point of this thread. Was it a bad joke?

No.

I didn't really mean that it was funny you fishbird. :rolleyes: By funny I meant odd, or unfortunate. If the guy had died I would probably feel guilty as hell.
 
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Ivan Seeking said:
you fishbird.
:smile: :smile: :smile:
 
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Ivan Seeking said:
No.

I didn't really mean that it was funny you fishbird. :rolleyes: By funny I meant odd, or unfortunate. If the guy had died I would probably feel guilty as hell.

haha i read funny to mean funny funny, ET. So i thought "... man, ivans being ivan again".
 
  • #27
Pengwuino said:
haha i read funny to mean funny funny, ET. So i thought "... man, ivans being ivan again".

Do you really think that I would think this is funny? Of course when one spends one's time taking cheap shots and provoking nonsense, one expects as much.

:rolleyes:
 
  • #28
Ivan Seeking said:
Do you really think that I would think this is funny? Of course when one spends one's time taking cheap shots and provoking nonsense, one expects as much.

:rolleyes:

Quiet ET Go delete someones post you don't agree with :biggrin:

And all of yomammas posts for good measure
 

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